Hexagram:Great Power Hexagram:Contemplation

I Ching Transformation

34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

纓急縮頸,行不得前,五石示象,襄霸不成。

The cord pulls tight, the neck shrinks; one cannot go forward. Five stones show the omen; Duke Xiang's hegemony fails.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 34 (Great Power) to hexagram 20 (Contemplation). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.